Fantasy Art School

Some wonderful Fantasy Art Drawings by Grace M. These are done with pencil and paper and they really show you how you can get some nice delicate detail with just a little practice and some patience.

Eyes can be one of the most challenging things to make but with a few guidelines they can come out great like this one. Notice the use of the white erased areas to show reflection in the eye. It makes the eye look glassy.

Spirit Girl - It takes time to do a detailed work like this one. Notice how real and detailed the hair is? Take your time when drawing in pencil. The end result is worth it!

Elf Princess - When you are drawing fantasy figures you have to think about how the creature is different from human. It is in this difference that you get a great and realistic effect. This is what Grace has done in this drawing. Notice the larger eyes and the smaller more delicate chin. This is what an elf would look like. Distortion of normal human characteristics is a great thing to experiment with in your drawing. I do have a short lesson on distorion here Distorting the human in fantasy drawing

One more very important thing to note is the great use of dark and light in this picture. Look at the hair of the elf princess. See how there are bands of very light areas? This shows light shining off her hair. You should try to do this in your drawings and it is perfectly normal to use an eraser to get this effect. An eraser is another tool just like a pencil.

Here is a closeup of the hair. See the great highlighting done by the white areas? And see how it moves from layer to layer of the princess' hair? This use of lightening really makes it look three dimensional.

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Fantasy Art Lessons

1. lesson 1 - Holding the pencil and getting a feel for it and warming up with lines
2. lesson1c how to draw a straight line
3. lesson 2 - Drawing some simple geometric shapes
4. lesson 3 - Understanding and using Perspective
5. lesson 4- foreshortening in perspective
6. lesson 5- Drawing depth and distance
7. lesson 6-Using lines of varying thickness
8. lesson 7- drawing form and shape with a medieval mace
9. lesson 8- Drawing metal - We draw a medieval helmet
10. lesson 9- drawing our first human form
11. lesson 10- Distorting the human form to create fantasy creatures
12. lesson 11 - doodling and creativity break
13. lesson 12 - a Morning star mace - drawing textures
14. lesson 13 - how to draw chainmail
15. lesson 14 - How to convey action in your fantasy drawings
16. lesson 15 - How to draw sword shapes
17. lesson16 -draw an armored knight
18. lesson 17 - Draw a fantasy dagger using the Five-S method
19. lesson 18 - Creating space in your drawings - A Dragons Lair
20. lesson 19 - Practice by drawing dragons
21. Lesson 20 - Drawing from Memory
22. Lesson 21 -Draw a Catapult
23. Lesson 22: A Guest artist discusses pencils, his technique and building a library of images

Fantasy Art Lessons from Guest Artists

1. How to draw a magical genie using Corel and Photoshop

Art Books & Supplies

1. Art Kits
2. Art Books
3. Fantasy Art Books

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Castlefiction.com
The Telescope Nerd
Epic Fantasy.com
The Medieval Armory
THe Fantasy Guide
The Heroic Dreams Blog Knight-Medieval.com willkalif.com
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